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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 22, 20182 min read
Look lively: Big Brother is watching
A Chinese high school installed cameras that monitor students’ facial expressions, reports Don Lee in the Los Angeles Times. Artificial...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 14, 20171 min read
Shanghai schooling
Students are obedient achievers in a “military-like education system driven by high-stakes testing, with teachers posting rankings in...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 29, 20172 min read
Chinese students know anyone could be watching
Thousands of schools in China “are installing webcams in classrooms and streaming live on websites that are open to the public,”...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 19, 20171 min read
83% of science aces are immigrants’ kids
Indrani Das, 17, won the Regeneron Science Talent Search this year for her study of a possible approach to treating the death of neurons...
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